way to get lots of spam. You can receive spam messages via snail mail, email and even cell phone text messages! If you’re selling anything it’s practically mandatory that you include an image of what you’re selling. Including an image will dramatically increase your success rate as many people don’t even look at posts that don’t have images. Even if you don’t have a picture of your product you can usually find an image by searching for it on an online market website like www.amazon.com or a search engine like www.google.com. Be careful though, using images from other sites may or may not be breaking copyright law, always try to ask for permission if possible or get images from public domain sources. Another good tip is to provide comparative information in your post. If you’re selling a computer at a competitive price then give a link to a different online market selling that monitor so that people can compare. If you sell a car you can link to its Kelly Blue Book page so people can see that they’re getting a fair deal on the price. Some items take time to sell. I recommend making a post for them every 2 to 3 weeks. Every post lasts for 30 days but the longer time goes by the less likely that anyone will look at your post. It’s important not to make repeated posts every day, however, as this is against the terms of use and is considered spam.
General Writing Tips & Using Copy for Advertising Part of being a successful Craigslist poster is being a decent writer. While it’s not entirely necessary to have excellent writing skills, the better you are at conveying information the more likely people will be convinced to buy your product or hire you after they’ve read your listings.
